Handle



(No Modell) J. ONEILL. HANDLE.

No. 591,547. Patented 001e. 12,1897. l

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2 ATTORNEYS UNITED n STATES PATENT EETCE.

JAMEsoNEILL, or WALLACE, IDAHO'.

HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,547, dated October 12, 1897. Application filed June 6,1896. Renewed August 20,1897, Serial No. 648,960. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Beit known that I, JAMES ONEILL, residing 'at Wallace, in the county of Shoshone and State of Idaho, have invented a new andIm-v proved Handle for Trunks, Boxes, dre., of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved handle and is adapted for use upon trunks, tool-chests,

and all heavyarticles.

The main objectof the invention is vto provide a handle which will normally rest flat against the trunk or chest, and is therefore not liable to be broken off.

Another object is to provide a handle which shall be protected against accident during traveling or transportation, and a still further object is to provide a handle which will remain in its protected position no matter in what position the trunk or chest is turned.

Another object is to provide a handle which is exceedingly cheap and simple, easily constructed and attached, and highly efficient in operation.

With these various objects in View my invention consists, broadly, in the employment of a plate having 'anges at the side and bottom and ears struck up from the body of plate and parallel with the side anges and a handle pivoted between the side lianges and parallel ears and adapted to normally rest upon the bottom ange, said handle being so held by spring-pressure.

My invention consists also in certain devtails of construction and novelties of combiopen. Fig.`5 is a'section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

In carrying out my invention I employ a metal plate A, which is turned up or lianged at each end, as shown at B, said flanges being gradually curved or rounded to prevent sharp corners. The bottom edge of the plate is also curved up or flanged, as shown at C, said flanges being `curved longitudinally, prou viding a groove, as it were, at the bottom of the plate. This plate A is madel of light metal and is screwed or otherwiseV secured to the ends of thetrunk orchest.

Forwardly-proj ectin g earsD D are punched up from the plate A near each end, said ears being parallel with the end flanges, and pivoted between these ears and iianges is the handle E, comprising a grip portion E and hinge portions E2 between the ears and flanges, as shown, and pivotally secured by the hinge-pintles F, and in order to hold the handle normally ydown against the plate and within the side and bottom flanges I employ a spring G, which is coiled about one of the pintles F and bears at one end upon the plate A and upon the handle at the other, thus holding the said handle down; but when the handle is to be used it can be easily lifted Aagainst the spring to an operative position,

and to prevent said handle swinging too far upward IV provide the projecting ends H, which abut against the edges of the cut-out portion and thus limit the upward movement of the handle. Y

Y It will thus be seen that I provide an .exceedingly cheap, simple, and durable form of handle, one which is protected against breakage by the side and bottom iianges, and one which isV normally held in such protected po-' sition by means of spring-pressure.

It will also be noticed that the plate, with its flanges and ears performing double functions, are all of one piece, and the entire device comprises only fourV parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 

